Agger willing to learn from Anfield old hands

The 22-year-old Denmark international has only been at Anfield for 14 months after a £5.8million transfer, but already he has all-but ousted one of Liverpool's modern-day heroes from the side.

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Agger is expected to again play ahead of Sami Hyypia, 33, in the Champions League quarter-final second leg against PSV Eindhoven, something that has happened with increasing regularity this season.

He puts his elevation to first-team regular down to the constant words of advice barked in his ear from Carragher, and the fatherly advice coming from Finnish star Hyypia, now approaching 400 games for the club.

Agger said: "I know I have found myself in the first team a lot this season, and maybe people are surprised. But I would not have joined Liverpool if I did not think I could have achieved what I have done.

"There are great players here, two excellent centre backs in Sami and Carra, and I have learned so much from both of them.

"I just try to listen to everything they say to me, and to use their knowledge.

"And I know that if I have anything I want to ask, then I will get all the help they can give me.

"I want to progress and I want to be better and that will only come from listening and learning from experienced people around me."

He added: "When you have someone like Carra who talks a lot on the pitch, and you have it right next to you all game in your ear, that actually makes my life easier.

"He sees everything, shouts at me and makes sure I react. It is all the time and it has helped me do what I have done this season.

"And also Sami helps. He talks to me on and off the field, gives me advice and I try to put what I am being told into my game, not to just listen and not do anything. It has helped my game improve."

Agger admits to be essentially a private young man, who feels at home in Liverpool.

He says: "It has been a big season for me and I feel established on the pitch and off it. It is very important that I do feel settled at the club and in the city because that means I can concentrate on my game.

"I know I can then be better on the pitch, I like being here and am happy with the way it has gone."

And on the likely outcome against Eindhoven, Agger says: "We want to win every single game, we cannot allow us to feel we have already reached the semi-finals.

"We know that with a 3-0 lead everyone feels we have done the job, but there is always the chance that we can find ourselves being caught out if we feel that way."